...Just a reminder...

[trip]

I realize that many of us are new to KawaNOW, but we seem to be getting kind of lax in the posting of our pictures in our footers.

Remember that pics posted in your footers should be no bigger than 350x350 pixels in size.

This helps greatly for those that log in with slower connections.

If you have any questions, feel free to get with me or check the Forum FAQ.

Thanks,
Trip

[dogdoc]

+1, Thanks for the reminder Trip.

[lw]

Thanks Trip. We get our internet via party-line so the size limitation definitely helps. OK, so it isnt party line, but it is dialup and definitely sux. Hoping to have better provider soon and find out how the other 3/4 lives.

[dantama]

Originally Posted by LW

Thanks Trip. We get our internet via party-line so the size limitation definitely helps. OK, so it isnt party line, but it is dialup and definitely sux. Hoping to have better provider soon and find out how the other 3/4 lives.

LW, I feel bad for you. I went to high speed about 4 years ago. I decided after the 6 month introductory rate to go back to dial up. Couldn't do it, and went right back to high speed.

Here's to getting the lines out to your street soon. :)

[cactusjack]

Wow, I didn't think anyone used dial-up anymore. I haven't had dial-up since Qwest installed DSL in our area 10 years ago, and for the past 7 years I've had high-speed cable internet.

I really have a need for high-speed internet since I am often on call and need to work from home. I realize not everyone has that option.

[dantama]

Cactus, I never even used a computer till 9 years ago :)

[cactusjack]

Sooner or later, even a Luddite gets sucked into the wake of modern technology.

PC's weren't readily available until I'd already been out of high school for several years. I took a computer science class as a senior and we did everything with punch cards. I bought my first "real" computer about 20 years ago, a Tandy EX-1000. I taught myself how to use it and started applying it to my job as a service manager for an office equipment company. Because I was "ahead of the curve" at the time, I helped integrate the newly acquired PC's into the service department and ended up turning that experience into a successful career for myself. But if someone would have told me back in high school that I'd someday make a living in IT, I would have laughed at them. I wanted to be an auto mechanic.

[ice793]

It's good you didnt take the latter. look at our industry now in the dumps i hope the government does something to help gm or im out of a job.

[waterman]

Originally Posted by cactusjack

Wow, I didn't think anyone used dial-up anymore. I haven't had dial-up since Qwest installed DSL in our area 10 years ago, and for the past 7 years I've had high-speed cable internet.

I really have a need for high-speed internet since I am often on call and need to work from home. I realize not everyone has that option.

Some of us live in the boon docks and don't have some options CJ. :)

[traveler]

We live at the end of a red dirt road . just the way i like it , althought its real hard to keep my baby clean. we got DSL back in the summer "wow" its way better .

[rksaw]

Out at the church we have to have satelite service in order to have "high speed internet". Even then it's only half as quick as DSL and doesn't touch Cable. It is amazing what those in rural settings have to put up with...y'all in the city have it so nice.

[cactusjack]

Originally Posted by waterman

Some of us live in the boon docks and don't have some options CJ. :)

Yeah I forget not everyone lives in the big city. I wasn't trying to make fun of anyone for using dialup, I was just surprised anybody still used it. I guess I thought everyone had access to DSL or cable by now. I lead a sheltered life. ???

[cactusjack]

Originally Posted by rksaw

Out at the church we have to have satelite service in order to have "high speed internet". Even then it's only half as quick as DSL and doesn't touch Cable. It is amazing what those in rural settings have to put up with...y'all in the city have it so nice.

We just have crime, pollution, traffic and other big-city "amenities" you don't have to deal with. I think I'd trade it for the good life living in the boonies.

[rksaw]

CJ, you'd be surprised. It has been said that:

"40% of the drug use takes place in urban areas...guess where that other 60% is." - Village Missions Training Video

Until two years ago, the Coos Bay/North Bend area (pop. 26K) was the largest area in the country without Natural Gas. It is amazing what life is like outside of suburbia.

I was totally clueless about it before we moved to a rural area. I thought that there would be all these kids in 4-H and FFA, but all the kids are bored and feel trapped where they live; they feel like they will never amount to anything and have to suffer through the life that they have been handed...I would compare it to those who grow up on the reservations.

[trip]

Since we're all reminiscing.....1986.......I remember using a 300 baud modem on a new IBM PC XT. I thought that modern technology had just arrived at my front door. Could watch each line scroll up on each screen. Man, that was dog fast!!

I also remember installing my first 80 meg hard drive. I could run a string of companies on that at the time. I used to run a BBS called "Mainframe BBS" at home. Had every file known to man for download.

BTW, I still have an actual IBM PC XT with boat-anchor keyboard and greenie-weenie monitor in a box in my closet. Hoping someday it can go into a museum.